Plate-rack.



G. 0. BREKKE.

PLATE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. I9Is.

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PLATE-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,357.

[o all 'zo/wm 'it may concern:

le it known that I, GiLun'r O. Barnum, citizen of the United States, residing at Plaza, in the county of Mountrail and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plate-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in plate racks; and, to this end, it consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a front elevation of the improved plate rack;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section, take-n on the line X4 X4 of Fig. l, on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view in section, taken on the line X5 X5 of Fig. 3.

The improved plate rack is a rectangular structure, having an open back, and adapted to be secured to a wall. Each side of the rack comprises stiles l connected by short rails 2, arranged in groups of 3. The front of the rack has the same form as the sides thereof and comprises stiles 3 and groups of long rails :Je alined with the corresponding side rails 2. As best shown in Fig. 3, the Stiles 3 overlap the adjacent stiles 1 and are rigidly secured thereto.

For each group of rails 2 and 4, is a shelf The bottom shelf 5 is rigidly secured to the lower ends of the stiles l and 3, and the lop shelf 5 is rigidly secured to the upper ends thereof. rl`he two intermediate shelves 5 are rigidly secured to the intermediate portions of the stiles 'l and 2. The bottoms of the shelves 5 are substantially flush with the lower edges of the lower rails 2 and 4L, and which rails project above the upper faces of the shelves to afford stops, against which the lower edges of the upwardly and rearwardly inclined plates Z engage to prevent their slipping from the shelves, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Rails G, secured to the back stiles, l, afford rests against which the upper edges of the plates rest. Secured to the stiles l and projecting into the racl from each top and intermediate rail 2, is a stop block 7 having a curved longitudinal edge with which the plates engage to space the same from the sides of the rack and prevent their being partly covered by the stiles 3.

Hanger straps 8, secured to the back of the rack and projecting thereabove, are provided for suspending the rack on the wall. Screws, nails or hooks may be passed through apertures in the upper ends of the hanger straps 8 for securing saine in position.

Cup supporting hooks 9 are secured to the uppermost rail 4. The shelves 5 are so spaced that the large plates may be supported on the lower shelf, the intermediate plates on the second shelf, and the small plates on the top shelf.

`What I claim is :k

l. A plate rack having its front made up of stiles and rails, said rails being arranged in groups, a shelf supported by the stiles in the plane of the lower rail of each group, said lower rails a fl-ording plate stops at the outer longitudinal edgesof the shelves, and plate spacing blocks secured to the sides of t-he rack.

2. A plate rack having an open back, and having its side and front made up of stiles and rails, said rails being arranged in groups, a shelf supported by the stiles in the plane of the lower rail of each group, said lower rails, at the front of the rack, aifording plate stops at the outer longitudinal edges of the shelves, rails at the back of the rack affording plate rests, and plate spacing blocks secured to the sides of the rack.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT O. BREKKE. lVitnesses C. F. CARLSON, R. EMMET JONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, IJ. C. 

